[PEN-L:5724] course on inequality

1996-08-16 Thread patrick l mason
es. peace, patrick l mason [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[PEN-L:5723] Re: welfare

1996-08-16 Thread patrick l mason
, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:5718] Re: welfare

1996-08-16 Thread patrick l mason
Some brief comments: For the most part births to unmarried women DID NOT increase between (say) 1960 and (say) 1987. The proportions of births to unmarried women did increase. The proportion rose for two reasons: 1) the dramatic decline in the institu- tion of marriage and dramatic increase in di

[PEN-L:5198] Re: Becker a...

1996-07-17 Thread patrick l mason
t critiques of Becker, or any other neoclassical must go further than simply saying one does like his conclusions or his politics. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:5178] Re: Becker and his critics

1996-07-15 Thread patrick l mason
Doug Henwood also writes:

[PEN-L:5177] Re: Becker and his critics

1996-07-15 Thread patrick l mason
Doug Henwood writes:

[PEN-L:5172] Re: Becker and his critics

1996-07-15 Thread patrick l mason
Pen-lers: In response to my postings on Becker and his critics, Maggie Colemen, Jim Devine, and Doug Orr have posted rather lengthy replies. Necessarily, my response to their postings will also be a bit lengthy. I apologize for the length. Thanks for you patience. Jim wrote:

[PEN-L:5132] Re: Becker and his critics

1996-07-11 Thread patrick l mason
to do with love, but rather that the marginal benefits of the services she provides within the home (cooking , cleaning, sex, etc) were higher the the marginal cost of her husband continuing to seek these services in the marketplace outside of marriage. PLM: Maybe I interpreted wrongly the suicide postings but the postings seem to should a lack of sensitivity about a great tragedy. How do we know why his wife commit ted suicide? Of what value is such speculation? peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:5119] Re: Marxian Econometrics

1996-07-11 Thread patrick l mason
Hi Hans: Try contacting Anwar at [EMAIL PROTECTED] peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:5103] Becker and his critics

1996-07-11 Thread patrick l mason
ut his wife's suicide. What is needed a more serious alternative analysis to the issues he has addressed. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:4336] Re: film, gossip

1996-05-17 Thread patrick l mason
Consider Maggie Coleman's gender comparison of gossip topics: MEN TALK FEMALE EQUIVALENT Weight lifting diets kids kids sexual prowess dating women's bodies diets union complaints union complaints wi

[PEN-L:4335] Re: metrics question

1996-05-17 Thread patrick l mason
Doug: I'm not certain about the relationship between heteroskedasticity and specification error that you refer to. However, if you are using a standardized package, e.g., LIMDEP or SHAZAM, there are relatively straightforward commands which run a battery of tests for alternative specifications of

[PEN-L:4127] Re: minimum wages

1996-05-04 Thread patrick l mason
Janet Currie and Bruce C. Fallick.(1996). "The Minimum Wage And The Employment of Youth," Journal of Human Resources, 31(2) (Spring):404-428.

[PEN-L:3984] Re: info request

1996-04-27 Thread patrick l mason
ng, with occupa- tional distribution showing some degree of segregation. Mike, I be happy to fax the tables to you. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:3929] African Americans, Labor, and Society

1996-04-24 Thread patrick l mason
for meals. Please feel free to forward this message to other lists and other interested parties. Thank You, Patrick L. Mason, Conference Convenor. ___ Friday (May 10, 1996) Welcome 8:30 - 9:00 Tilden G. Edelstein

[PEN-L:3336] Re: Anti-Religious Play by NBA

1996-03-13 Thread patrick l mason
The NBA has a web site: http:\\www.nba.com. I suppose it is possible to forward a protest through their e-mail address and the web site.

[PEN-L:3185] Re: Changing U.S. Demographics

1996-02-28 Thread patrick l mason
g to do with religion or language. The current negative attitudes are about racism. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:3171] Re: Changing U.S. Demographics

1996-02-27 Thread patrick l mason
Thus spake Shawgi:

[PEN-L:2097] Roomate Wanted for ASSA Meetings

1995-12-20 Thread patrick l mason
peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:1803] Re: min wage in real world

1995-12-08 Thread PATRICK L MASON
the minimum wage debate has heated up among orthodox economists. At a minimum, radical/marxist/heterodox/progressive economists have to have something to contribute to the debate which encompasses the work of Card and Krueger. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:1772] Re: Minimum wages in real terms

1995-12-07 Thread patrick l mason
Blair: Thanx for the correction. K = total capital invested, not just fixed capital. I didn't edit the posting very well. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:1755] Re: Minimum wages in real terms

1995-12-06 Thread Patrick L. Mason
ent the monetary equivalent of Marx's value category, while 'L' in my algebra represents the size of the PRODUCTIVE labor force only, i.e., in my algebra surplus value includes the wage payments made to unproductive laborers. peace, patrick l mason At 07:35 PM 12/5/95 -0800, yo

[PEN-L:1733] Re: Minimum wages in real terms

1995-12-05 Thread Patrick L. Mason
lso discussed these issues in my August CJE article. Crass self promotion? Yeah. peace, patrick l mason At 09:26 PM 12/4/95 -0800, you wrote: >On Sun, 3 Dec 1995, Doug Henwood wrote: > >> Let's assume workers are what the BLS calls >> nonsupervisory workers. BLS show

[PEN-L:1616] Re: Families and economic data

1995-11-29 Thread patrick l mason
Census Definition of a Family: A family is two or more individuals related by blood, marriage, or adoption and living in the same household. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:1596] Re: Duration Models

1995-11-28 Thread patrick l mason
Steve: Try taking a look at LIMDEP version 7. It's your best bet for finding a package program for any type of hazard model. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:847] Re: urgent request!

1995-10-13 Thread patrick l mason
Thus queried C.N. Gomersall:

[PEN-L:654] Re: Time's Review of "The End of Racism"

1995-10-05 Thread patrick l mason
Arvind: What is the perception of D'Souza within the Indian community? Is he taken seriously? hated? ignored? Is D'Souze Hindu? If so, what is his caste background? Just curious about this fellow. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:358] Re: STATS: Cuttin...

1995-09-06 Thread patrick l mason
lity and family stability. Among groups where kinship systems are more dependent on consanguine relations rather than conjugal relations, it may be the case that marital stability isn't strictly correlated with family stability. Anyway, that's a topic for much greater research. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:343] Re: STATS: Cuttin...

1995-09-05 Thread patrick l mason
Penners: Ellen Danin writes:

[PEN-L:341] Re: STATS: Cuttin...

1995-09-05 Thread patrick l mason
st finished a rather long literature review and analysis) but I outta time. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:4929] Re: profit-rate equalization

1995-05-03 Thread patrick l mason
In a previous posting, Gil writes:

[PEN-L:4913] gao gopher

1995-05-02 Thread patrick l mason
I'm in search of a government gopher or web site which carries General Accounting Office Reports. Does such a site exist? In particular, I'm interested in the following report: GAO/HEHS-94-77, "Higher Education: Information on Minority Targeted Scholarships," published January 1, 1994. thanx, pa

[PEN-L:4871] request for papers

1995-04-28 Thread patrick l mason
This a forwarded message from Sheldon Friedman, Research Department, AFL-CIO. peace, pat mason In April 1996, the AFL-CIO and Cornell University's ILR School will jointly spo nsor the next Union/University Research

[PEN-L:4828] Re: a TIAA/CREF proposal

1995-04-25 Thread patrick l mason
Mark: The Dean Baker proposal sounds good to me. pat mason

[PEN-L:4808] joint production, mergers, and specialization

1995-04-24 Thread patrick l mason
Pen-lers: I'm like some help on references to joint production. I'm especially interested in articles/books which tie together joint production, mergers, and specialization. thanx, pat mason

[PEN-L:4334] Re: Changing Questions (Was Where Did Marx Go

1995-03-01 Thread patrick l mason
zation can be transformed into something its never been -- a political party dedicated to structurally transforming the US into an egalitarian society. peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:4307] Changing Questions (Was Where Did Marx Go Wrong)

1995-02-27 Thread patrick l mason
lti- racial challenge to the ruling capitalist parties? in class struggle (is that passe?), patrick l mason

[PEN-L:4270] Urban Studies Director: Wayne State University

1995-02-24 Thread patrick l mason
te University, Detroit, Michigan 48202. Applications received before April 15 will receive preference. The search will remain open until the position is filled. Wayne State University is an affirmative action/equal opportunity employer. == peace, patrick l mason

[PEN-L:3802] Re: New Party piece

1995-01-17 Thread patrick l mason
the black panther party did not begin as a demoncratic party splinter group. the substance of henwood's posting was entirely correct. peace, pat mason

Re: Progressive, quantitative studies of crime?

1994-12-15 Thread patrick l mason
Although Art MacEwan's request was for quantitative articles I would also point out that David Gordon published the first piece on crime in the RRPE, circa, 1971. It was titled, "Capitalism and the Economics of Crime. In 1983, Gary Nickerson, published "Analytical Problems in Explaining Criminal B

Re: Progressive, quantitative studies of crime?

1994-12-15 Thread patrick l mason
Art, William A. "Sandy" Darity, Jr. and Sam Myers, Jr. published "Impacts of Violent Crime on Black Family Structure" in Comtemporary Policy Issues about 2 or 3 years ago. Myers is one of the best empirically oriented economist on the economics of crime. Several years ago, maybe 1981 or so, he pu

Re: Freeman and Rogers study

1994-12-07 Thread patrick l mason
Are the authors of the "Freeman and Rogers" study Richard Freeman and William Rogers? peace, pat mason

Re: Minority Contracting (fwd)

1994-11-26 Thread patrick l mason
Gabrielle: Try contacting Thomas D. "Danny" Boston at the dept of econ, Georgia Technical University. peace, patrick mason

race and labor law reform

1994-11-17 Thread patrick l mason
s project, let's talk. I may be reached at: PATRICK L MASON 51 WEST WARREN, 4TH FLOOR DEPARTMENT OF AFRICANA STUDIES WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY DETROIT, MI 48202 313-577-8259 (PH/FAX MODEM) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (INTERNET) PMASON@WAYNEST1 (BITNET)

signing on

1994-10-25 Thread patrick l mason
please signon. sorry to send this to the entire list, but I forgot the signon command. patrick l mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] (internet) pmason@waynest1 (bitnet) thanx

query re race & educ attainment

1994-07-21 Thread Patrick L. Mason
r, I am told that said results are not unusual. Any references to similar work is appreciated. "Similar work" includes research on test scores that control for race and background. thanx, Patrick L. Mason [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dept. Of Economics-Highlander Hall